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Sports venues are going gourmet

Katie Lockhart

From Wimbledon to the Grand Prix, fans are lining up for truffles, caviar and chef-driven menus

Reports are now out that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered multiple missile strikes to make sure there were no survivors on the supposed "drug boats" from South America. (Felix Leon / AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth ordered 2nd strike on survivors

CK Smith

Hegseth's alleged strike order raises concerns on US adherence to international law, ethics and human rights

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AI fuels a new wave of political lies

Davina Hurt, Ann Skeet

Across races from Georgia to New York, deepfakes are steering political narratives and voter perception

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Why RFK's individualism is so dangerous

Troy Farah

The debate isn’t about “trusting experts.” It’s about who shoulders responsibility for staying healthy

Demonstrators hold signs during the "Remove the Regime" protests against President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

They rode two nights to protest Trump

Amanda Becker - The 19th

After Trump called a reporter “piggy,” dozens of women boarded a bus in Ohio for a 36-hour “turn and burn” trip

A deadly fire in a recently renovated apartment complex in Hong Kong devastates the community and provokes international donations, especially from the K-pop community. (Wang Shen / Xinhua via Getty Images)

Grief, solidarity, help in Hong Kong

CK Smith

As the death toll hits 128, K-pop artists and fans join the local community to rally support for the survivors

Donald Trump used social media again to dictate policy. This time to end migration from "Third-World Countries" and call out Minnesota's Somalian community. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump: "Patriotic" immigrants only

CK Smith

Trump’s Thanksgiving Message: Only “Patriotic” Immigrants Welcome

Native Americans still have trouble proving to officials that they are not foreigners in America. Many officials just aren't trained to recognize federally granted Tribal IDs. (BRYAN R. SMITH / AFP via Getty Images)

Native American ID deemed "fake" by ICE

CK Smith

Miles’ experience reveals a pattern as Native American citizens can be treated as foreigners in the U.S.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy is testifying for a second day following a tense three-hour hearing before the Senate Finance Committee where he clashed with Democrats over his stance on vaccines and abortion rights. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

RFK could fumble a bad flu season

Nicole Karlis

Viral mutations are driving a surge in illness. Can Americans trust the Trump admin for guidance?

President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi, announces his takeover of Washington, D.C. on Aug. 11, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "Animal House" is floundering

Brian Karem

The president and his cast of characters are wreaking havoc on American democracy

President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Oct. 17, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Trump train is losing steam

Heather Digby Parton

Americans are growing weary of the president's cruel policies and stagnant economy

Pallets of USAID Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food for children are marked for disposal, Wednesday July 30, 2025, at the MANA Nutritional warehouse in Pooler, Ga. (Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump admin causes massive food waste

Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace - The Conversation

Farmers are short of workers and money, food is rotting in warehouses, and millions of Americans are going hungry

It's no secret that President Trump loves his golden gifts. After the Swiss brought "diplomatic gifts" of gold supposed to be for the Trump Presidential Library, but Swiss politicians see it as a possible bribe due to the timing. Just days later, Trump cut tariffs to Switzerland. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)

Swiss calls gold bars to Trump a bribe

CK Smith

Lawmakers say the “diplomatic gifts” look a lot like bribery, especially given the tariff cuts that followed

Macy's 99th Thanksgiving Day Parade was calm, uneventful and windy. But that made it perfect and comfortable in a crazy world right now. (Kevin Mazur / Getty Images)

Macy's parade plays it safe and chilly

CK Smith

In a year desperate for some quiet and normalcy, this holiday tradition delivered just that

Two National Guardsmen were shot by an Afghan evacuee. The soldiers are still in critical condition,  but the security in D.C. and for other potential evacuees from areas of conflict are now being reassessed. The motive for this attack remains unclear. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

National Guards shot near White House

CK Smith

A 29-year-old Afghan evacuee is in custody, federal agencies halt Afghan immigration applications

Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner in "Eternity" (Leah Gallo/A24)

"Eternity" defies our afterlife fixation

Coleman Spilde

This potpourri of different afterlife movies quickly gets to the heart of why we fear death

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Forget pie. Embrace the trifle

Ashlie D. Stevens

If pie isn’t your thing, a trifle hits all the holiday marks: festive, easy, and surprisingly joyful

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No accountability for Trump in Georgia

Austin Sarat

Trump demanded "11,000 votes" to change Georgia's election results. To pretend otherwise whitewashes history

Donald Trump / Nuclear Explosion (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump's Golden Dome is too big of a risk

Ashley Gate, William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com

The president's pet project has more to do with enriching arms contractors than defending the US

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg on April 11, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP)

Lawmakers call Trump's envoy a "traitor"

Garrett Owen

Witkoff reportedly told Moscow how to appease Trump

Holiday self-care (Deagreez/Getty Images)

Guide to self-care over the holidays

Susan Shapiro

Mental-health experts offer practical strategies to help make the season calmer and more manageable

Rhea Seehorn in "Pluribus" (Apple TV)

Pluribus is a fascinating Rorschach test

Melanie McFarland

Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show lets us project meaning onto a story about happiness at the end of the world

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on September 24, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. The former president spoke to attendees on various plans including the tax code, U.S. manufacturing, and future economic opportunities if reelected a second term. Trump continues campaigning around the country ahead of the November 5 presidential election.  (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Election case against Trump dismissed

Troy Farah

Pete Skandalakis declined to pursue the case against Trump and allies's attempts to undo his 2020 election defeat

Dianne Wiest and Johnny Depp on the set of "Edward Scissorhands" (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corpo/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Edward and the burden of exceptionality

Kristen Lopez

"Popcorn Disabilities" reexamines "Edward Scissorhands" as a deeply coded disability narrative

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